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Re: [TowerTalk] Dipole center connector

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Dipole center connector
From: N4ZR <n4zr@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 21:53:08 -0400
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But like so much of what they sell, pricing is exorbitant.  I doubt there's $3 in materials there.  I'm not naive enough to think that prices depend on costs, but...

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 7/22/2021 6:29 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
DX Engineering makes a kit.  Works.  Lasts.

Grant KZ1W

On 7/22/2021 11:30, Jim Brown wrote:
On 7/22/2021 10:53 AM, Dave Thompson wrote:
I am looking for a better dipole center connector better than the Budwig.  Any ideas?
The Budwig can pull apart.

Yes, it's pretty lame in that regard. On the one occasion where I used it, I didn't use it as a structural component -- tension was maintained with antenna rope to insulators through which both sides passed, each seriously clamped, and looping down to the Budwig, where split-bolts connected them to the Budwig.

73, Jim K9YC


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